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Job Description
Prepare and sort materials or products for recycling. Identify and remove hazardous substances. Dismantle components of products such as appliances.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-9199.01
Also Known As…
- Transfer Station Operator
- Sorter
- Sort Line Worker
- Non-Ferrous Material Handler
- Equipment Operator
- Deconstruction and Decontamination Waste Operations Specialist
- Crane Operator
- Convenience Recycle Center Tech
- Box Sorter
- Bobcat Driver/Labor
- Yard Assistant
- White Goods Appliance Tech
- Waste Management Recycling Technician
- Transfer Operator
- Sort Line
- Shredding Specialist
- Scrap Metal Processing Worker
- Refuse Laborer
- Refuse and Recycling Worker
- Recycling Worker
- Recycling Tech
- Recycling Sorter
- Recycling Assistant
- Recycler, Forklift Driver, Truck Driver
- Recyclable Materials Sorter
- Recovery Assistant
- Reclamation Worker
- Picker and Sorter, Load and Unload
- Pallet Sorter
- Operator (Specialist)
- Machine Operator
- Household Hazardous Waste Recycling Worker
- Forklift-Picker
- Forklift Driver (Team Lead Driver) Recycling and Waste Dock
- Dispatch, Machine Runner
- Deconstruction and Decontamination Operator
- Computer Recycling Worker
- Auto Dismantler
Tasks for “Recycling and Reclamation Workers”
- Clean, inspect, or lubricate recyclable collection equipment or perform routine maintenance or minor repairs on recycling equipment, such as star gears, finger sorters, destoners, belts, and grinders.
- Collect and sort recyclable construction materials, such as concrete, drywall, plastics, or wood, into containers.
- Extract chemicals from discarded appliances, such as air conditioners or refrigerators, using specialized machinery, such as refrigerant recovery equipment.
- Operate balers to compress recyclable materials into bundles or bales.
- Record logs of recycled materials or waste chemicals removed from products.
- Deposit recoverable materials into chutes or place materials on conveyor belts.
- Operate forklifts, pallet jacks, power lifts, or front-end loaders to load bales, bundles, or other heavy items onto trucks for shipping to smelters or other recycled materials processing facilities.
- Operate shredders to reclaim steel from discarded appliances.
- Clean recycling yard by sweeping, raking, picking up broken glass and loose paper debris, or moving barrels and bins.
- Clean materials, such as metals, according to recycling requirements.
- Dismantle wrecked vehicles by removing parts and labeling and sorting parts into containers.
- Sort metals to separate high-grade metals, such as copper, brass, and aluminum, for recycling.
- Collect recyclable materials from curbside for delivery to designated facilities.
- Sort materials, such as metals, glass, wood, paper or plastics, into appropriate containers for recycling.
- Cut discarded products, such as appliances and automobiles, into small pieces using saws, blow torches, or other hand or power tools.
- Remove copper from circuit boards.
- Operate processing equipment, such as fiber-sorters and grinders, to sort, crush, or grind recyclable materials.
- Operate automated refuse or manual recycling collection vehicles.
Related Technology & Tools
- Horizontal balers
- Pallet jacks
- Handheld calculators
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Personal computers
- Tractor-trailer trucks
- Cardboard balers
- Skid steer loaders
- Desktop computers
- Photocopying equipment
- Safety glasses
- Wheeled front end loaders
- Recycling collection trucks
- Power lifts
- Straight screwdrivers
- Wire cutters
- Adjustable hand wrenches
- Blow torches
- Magnetized can sorters
- Channel lock pliers
- Protective ear muffs
- Mobile radios
- Refrigerant reclamation equipment
- Work vans
- Grinders
- Claw hammers
- Laser facsimile machines
- Hex wrenches
- Forklifts
- Paper shredders
- Extension ladders
- Crushing machines
- Cordless drills
- Fiber sorters
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Material compactors
- Belt conveyor systems
- Power saws
- Material hoists
- Utility work machines
- Utility knives
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Work scheduling software